"When It's All Over: African American Homegoing Celebrations"University of Wisconsin--Madison, 1996 - 214 pages |
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Page 48
... buried . Thus this element in the African American homegoing celebration stresses the importance of appropriate attire . The importance of specific colors is represented in what the deceased is buried in as well as what the mourners ...
... buried . Thus this element in the African American homegoing celebration stresses the importance of appropriate attire . The importance of specific colors is represented in what the deceased is buried in as well as what the mourners ...
Page 50
... burial being in one's best . For this reason Nichols writes , burial insurance was considered more important by the very poor than sickness or accident insurance . " " Burial insurance it further states , would be the first to be taken ...
... burial being in one's best . For this reason Nichols writes , burial insurance was considered more important by the very poor than sickness or accident insurance . " " Burial insurance it further states , would be the first to be taken ...
Page 74
... buried in green which was atypical for a woman of her age . An explanation will be given later . Family members for the most part were dressed appropriately in black and white with one exception . For my great - grandmother's funeral my ...
... buried in green which was atypical for a woman of her age . An explanation will be given later . Family members for the most part were dressed appropriately in black and white with one exception . For my great - grandmother's funeral my ...
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According African American funeral African American homegoing African and African African worldview theology American homegoing celebrations American homegoing services American homegoing traditions Annie Mae Johnson Anthony Heilbut attire belief system bereavement Biblical Black Church Black preacher Brown County burial casket ceremony Charles Durant Christian African Americans Coevolution Quarterly color continuity of African Cornel West Crissman cultural continuity cultural practices deceased demonstrative expression display dress Elaine Nichols emotions enslaved Africans Eric Lincoln eulogy Euro-American European family and friends family members Felder final funeral home Funeral Traditions Gospel music grandmother grandmother's hair wreaths Heaven honor Jindra John Mbiti living loved Masamba and Kalish Mbiti writes Mother Evans mourners mourning Orleans Jazz Funerals performative elements Precious Lord presence of family processional religion represented ritual Ron Brown singing Sis Fannie Sis Fannie's slavery song South Carolina spiritual spoken word survivors Sybil Kein Take My Hand wake Washington West African wore Yoruba